Thesaurus / relief
FEEDBACKHow to use relief in a sentence
It was with a feeling of relief on both sides that the arrival of Mr. Haggard, of the Home Office, was announced.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSSeveral suggestions for the relief of the country bank have come to their notice.
READINGS IN MONEY AND BANKINGCHESTER ARTHUR PHILLIPSBut she kept the same tone, and its tender archness only gave a greater sweetness to his sense of relief.
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMESAnd now everybody turned out with a feeling of intense relief to witness the rejoicings on the village green.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSSo with its completion, he wrapped it carefully, and sent it to a Chicago publisher, while he sighed with relief.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXIt was not, however, through any of these artificial means that real relief was brought to the community.
READINGS IN MONEY AND BANKINGCHESTER ARTHUR PHILLIPSAnd the next day, to his great relief, Grandfather Mole found his sunshade in the same spot.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYThe relief that I find is for your Majesty to be pleased to order strictly that the regulations made in regard to it be obeyed.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUSHis entire being now relaxed itself; and his physical system found relief in long, deep sighs.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODIt nettled him; it broke down his habitual composure, and it was a relief to him when the conference came to a close.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXWORDS RELATED TO RELIEF
- ability
- appliance
- artifice
- assets
- capability
- capital
- cleverness
- contraption
- contrivance
- course
- creation
- device
- expedient
- fortune
- hoard
- ingenuity
- initiative
- inventiveness
- makeshift
- means
- measure
- method
- mode
- nest egg
- property
- quick-wittedness
- recourse
- refuge
- relief
- reserve
- resourcefulness
- riches
- shift
- source
- step
- stock
- stockpile
- store
- stratagem
- substance
- substitute
- support
- surrogate
- system
- talent
- way
- wealth
- worth
- ability
- appliance
- artifice
- assets
- capability
- capital
- cleverness
- contraption
- contrivance
- course
- creation
- device
- expedient
- fortune
- hoard
- ingenuity
- initiative
- inventiveness
- makeshift
- means
- measure
- method
- mode
- nest egg
- property
- quick-wittedness
- recourse
- refuge
- relief
- reserve
- riches
- shift
- source
- step
- stock
- stockpile
- store
- stratagem
- substance
- substitute
- support
- surrogate
- system
- talent
- way
- wealth
- wherewithal
- worth
- acquittal
- adjournment
- break
- breath
- breather
- breathing space
- cessation
- coffee break
- deadlock
- deferment
- delay
- deliverance
- discharge
- downtime
- ease
- exculpation
- five
- forgiveness
- halt
- hiatus
- immunity
- intermission
- interregnum
- interruption
- interval
- layoff
- leisure
- letup
- lull
- moratorium
- pardon
- postponement
- protraction
- recess
- relaxation
- release
- relief
- reprieve
- rest
- stay
- stop
- ten
- time
- time out
- truce
- break
- breather
- breathing space
- calm
- calmness
- cessation
- coffee break
- comfort
- composure
- cutoff
- downtime
- doze
- dreaminess
- ease
- forty winks
- halt
- holiday
- hush
- idleness
- interlude
- intermission
- interval
- leisure
- letup
- lull
- motionlessness
- nap
- pause
- peace
- quiescence
- quiet
- quietude
- recess
- recreation
- refreshment
- relaxation
- relief
- repose
- respite
- siesta
- silence
- sleep
- slumber
- somnolence
- standstill
- stay
- stillness
- stop
- time off
- tranquillity
- vacation
- achievement
- amends
- amusement
- atonement
- bliss
- cheerfulness
- comfort
- compensation
- complacency
- conciliation
- contentedness
- contentment
- delight
- ease
- enjoyment
- eudemonia
- fulfillment
- gladness
- good fortune
- gratification
- happiness
- indemnification
- indulgence
- joy
- justice
- peace of mind
- pleasure
- pride
- propitiation
- recompense
- redress
- refreshment
- reimbursement
- relief
- reparation
- repletion
- resolution
- reward
- satiety
- serenity
- settlement
- vindication
- well-being
- accessory
- alternate
- auxiliary
- backup
- bush-league
- collateral
- consequential
- contingent
- dependent
- dinky
- extra
- inconsiderable
- inferior
- insignificant
- lesser
- lower
- minor
- minor-league
- petty
- relief
- reserve
- second
- second-rate
- small
- small-fry
- small-time
- subject
- subservient
- subsidiary
- substract
- supporting
- tributary
- trivial
- under
- unimportant
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